Date: Sun, 06 Oct 1996 19:21:30 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith), joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: su problem Message-ID: <199610070221.TAA00858@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Oct 1996 03:44:55 %2B0200." <199610070144.DAA02647@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
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>From The Desk Of Robert Eckardt : > > Robert Eckardt stands accused of saying: > [..] > > > > su -l hasty -c "<something>" > > > > > > It would be nice if this would work. > > > I was searching for that feature since the time I changed > > > from SysVr3.2 to FreeBSD. (And it's not in the manpage.) > > > > > > Is the missing ability to execute commands like sh BSD-specific > > > or a security precaution ? > > > > It's not missing. We do a bunch of : > > Ok, I cancel and declare the opposite. :-) > > I tested this with every system/version and it worked everywhere > except on FreeBSD. > Q: Why ? Because there is a bug in su.c which if you don't define TERM it crashes see my previous ... I just posted it!! Amancio
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